tales of the batman marv wolfman volume 1

The only stories that I really didn't care for were the 'Batman: Year 3' four-parter and the WORLD'S FINEST COMICS reprint. I'm not saying I didn't read others - the ending of the four-part 'Lazarus Trap' was oddly familiar, though it's possible I read about it somewhere. Of the stories in this volume, however, I only remember reading two or three at the time they were published, and those were the issues featuring Two-Face and the BRAVE AND THE BOLD team-up with the Blackhawks. His NEW TEEN TITANS series with George Perez and Romeo Tanghal, et al., was one of my favorite series of the early- to mid-1980s. It's hard to not like Marv Wolfman's writing. Marv Wolfman isn't one of my favorite Bat-writers but Tales of the Batman: Marv Wolfman Volume 1 is still a decent collection of Batman stories.

While it wasn't the most enjoyable tale, Batman: Year Three was probably the best written, dealing with Batman's trauma over Jason Todd's death while rehashing his early relationship with Dick Grayson as Nightwing tries to pull him back from the brink. Pat Broderick also does Batman: Year Three and somehow I'm not a fan of what he did, which is strange considering how highly I think of his work on Captain Marvel and Captain Atom. There's an all-star team of artists on this - Jim Aparoo, Irv Novick, Neal Adams, Dave Cockrum, George Perez, Don Newton, and others. Then again, with Talia involved, the Demon's Head is never far behind. However, he crafted some readable Batman tales in his day.įor my money, the New Teen Titans / Batman and the Outsiders story and The Lazarus Affair were the best, although I wish The Lazarus Affair didn't have a title that spoiled who the mastermind was.

Most of the time, I think he's average writer at best. Marv Wolfman has never been a favorite of mine outside of The New Teen Titans and Crisis on Infinite Earths. This one dropped to $20 one day so I finally grabbed it. I've been digging these artist and writer Batman Best Of books for a few years now.

Tales of the Batman: Marvel Wolfman Volume 1 collects Detective Comics #408, Batman #328-335, 436-439, The Brave and the Bold #167, World's Finest Comics #288, The New Teen Titans #37, and Batman and the Outsiders #5.

Tales of the batman marv wolfman volume 1